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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Carlos Henrique Cardonha, São Paulo, BR;
Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, São Paulo, BR;
Stefany Mazon, São Paulo, BR;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for temperature control includes acquiring image data, and analyzing the image data to identify one or more individuals within the image data. A level of thermal comfort is estimated for each of the identified individuals based on the image data. The determined level of thermal comfort indicates whether each individual appears to be feeling too hot, appears to be feeling too cold or appears to be feeling satisfied with an ambient temperature. An air-conditioning unit or a heating unit is controlled based on the estimation of the level of thermal comfort for each of the identified individuals.